Splitting buck



May 12,1925. I 1,537,924

G. c. RESSLER 'SPLITTING BUCK Filed Dec. 12, 1924 UW WV ATTORNEYG Patented May 12, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GROVER C. RESSLER, OF OKMULG-EE, OKLAHOMA, ASSIG-NOR TO BAKER BROTHERS GLASS CO'MPANY, OF OKMULGEE, OKLAHOMA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

SPLITTING BUCK.

Application filed December 12, 1924.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnovna C. RnssLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Okmulgee, in the county of Okmulgee and State of Oklahoma, have invented a new and useful Splitting Buck, of which the fol lowing is a specification.

In the production of window glass by the cylinder drawing process the drawn cylinder, when completed, is cut into successive lengths, of sizes convenient to handle, and the sections are then split longitudinally, one or more times so that the curved sheet may be carried to a flattening oven and flattened. The sections are supported on a splitting buck and split by the application of a hot iron upon the inner surface of the cylinder along a desired line of split and it is quite important that a proper line of split be determined and brought to the lowest point before the application of the hot iron.

The operator therefore, must inspect the internal surface of the cylinder and turn it to a position to bring the desired line of split to the bottom and in so doing it is quite desirable that all scratching of the external surface of the cylinder be pre vented.

The object of my present invention is, therefore, to provide an improved form of splitting buck by which the cylindrical sections may be readily rolled for inspection without possibility of external scratching and properly supported during the split ting operation.

Fig. 1 is a side elevation in partial vertical section of my improved splitting buck, with a cylinder in place thereon; Fig. 2 an end elevation, and Fig. 3 a plan, on a slightly larger scale with the cylinder omitted.

In the drawings 10 indicates a main frame of suitable dimensions provided at each end with standards 11, 11 between each pair of which are mounted a set of rollers 12, 13 and 14, rollers 12 and 13 being in the same horizontal plane, and roller 14 being below the same, in the same vertical plane, and substantially midway between the rollers 12 Serial No. 755,384.

and 18. Extending over each set of three rollers 12, 13 and 14 is an endless belt, conveniently a fabric webbing 15 having a length somewhat greater than that necessary to encompass the three rollers so that the upper stretch of each belt will form a hammock upon which the cylinder 16 may rest between the rollers 12 and 13, the belts engaging a substantial arc of the cylinder and the rollers 12, 13 and 14. being freely rotatable.

For convenience in placing and replacing belts 15, the shafts 12 and 13 of the rollers 12 and 13 respectively are journaled in opened notches 17 in the upper ends of the standards 11 and shaft 14: of roller 14 is readily removable from the cross bars 18.

Bridging the space beneath the hammocks is an inclined plate 19, downwardly inclined toward the rear of the splitting buck so that broken glass will be automatically deposited at the rear of the buck so as not to be under foot of the splitter.

I claim:

1. A splitting buck comprising a suitable mainframe and an endless hammock carried by the main frame and mounted for free movement in the direction of its length, said hammock forming a support for a glass cylinder.

2. A. splitting buck comprising a main frame and two spaced parallel endless hammocks supported on said main. frame for free movement in the direction of their lengths and together forming a support for a glass cylinder.

3. A splitting buck comprising a main frame, two sets of three pulleys journaled in said frame, the pulleys of the two sets being in spaced vertical planes, two pulleys of each set being in substantially the same horizontal plane, and two endless hammocks, one supported by each set of three pulleys.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Okmulgee, Oklahoma, this 28th day-of November, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four.

GROVER O. RESSLER. 

